Hester Engela van der Heiden
- Name
- Hester Engela /van der Heiden/
- Given names
- Hester Engela
- Surname
- van der Heiden
- Name
- Hester Engela /Brits/
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- married name
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Marriage
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Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Rudolph Marthinus BRITS (1868), VAB MHG B208, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DNS5-48?i=351&cat=195564 : accessed 1 Dec 2019 |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. |
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4. |
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2. |
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Baptism of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c3d3e6. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d6. |
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War
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
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Historical Event
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d7. |
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Baptism of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d3e5. |
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Town founded
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: du Toit, p273, a1b6c7d1e1f4. Citation details: Brits, p449, b6c3d3e6. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4. |
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War
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier. |
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Marriage of a granddaughter
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Citation details: van Niekerk, p213, b2c3d3e3. Citation details: Brits, p450, b6c7d3e5. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p446, b6c3d2e1. Citation details: van der Linde, p121, b3c3d13. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Marriage of a grandson
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Citation details: Brits, p447, b6c3d2e3. Citation details: Brits, p448, b6c3d3e4f1. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Town founded
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Descendants of Hester Engela van der Heiden
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Generation 1
She married Hans Jacob Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Maria Gerrits,. He was baptized on January 2, 1729.
Children of Hester Engela van der Heiden and Hans Jacob Brits:
- Rudolph Brits
- Gerrit Brits (1756–)
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Generation 2 back to top
Rudolph Brits, son of Hans Jacob Brits and Hester Engela van der Heiden.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen on May 21, 1780.
The second time he married Cornelia Margaretha Nortje on September 23, 1792.
Children of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen:
- Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits (1781–1864)
- Rudolph Marthinus Brits (1782–1868)
Gerrit Brits, son of Hans Jacob Brits and Hester Engela van der Heiden, was baptized on April 15, 1756.
He married Barbara Maria Roets on March 7, 1784.
Children of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets:
- Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits (1790–1875) - Johannes Jacobus Brits (1792–)
- Margaretha Elizabeth Brits (1806–)
- Johannes Nicolaas
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Generation 3 back to top
Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, was baptized on October 20, 1781 and died on May 11, 1864 in Boshof, Free State, South Africa at the age of 82.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Maria Magdalena Brits, daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, on June 28, 1799. She was baptized on November 24, 1782.
The second time he married Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde, daughter of Gerrit van der Linde and Cecilia du Plessis, on January 2, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on November 25, 1801.
Children of Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits and Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde:
- Cecilia Helena Christina Brits (1827–)
Rudolph Marthinus Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Dina Carolina Brits, daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, on January 11, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.
The second time he married Elizabeth Catharina Brits (first cousin once removed descending), daughter of Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits and Anna Johanna Wilken, on October 6, 1833 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born on July 9, 1816 and died on December 27, 1857 at the age of 41.Children of Rudolph Marthinus Brits and Dina Carolina Brits:
- Jan Brits (1803–1869)
Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on February 21, 1790 and died on April 7, 1875 in Brits, North West Province, South Africa at the age of 85.He married Anna Johanna Wilken on October 30, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Johannes Nicolaas
Johan
Brits and Anna Johanna Wilken:- Elizabeth Catharina Brits (1816–1857)
Johannes Jacobus Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on November 4, 1792.
He married Anna Maria Botha, daughter of Theunis Johannes Botha and Magdalena Gesina Roets, on May 22, 1814 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated January 16, 1799 and died on June 14, 1880 in Gemsboksfontein, South Africa.
Children of Johannes Jacobus Brits and Anna Maria Botha:
- Magdalena Catharina Gesina Brits (1823–)
Margaretha Elizabeth Brits, daughter of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on May 11, 1806.
She married Adam Adriaan van Niekerk, son of Gerrit van Niekerk and Maria Adriana Tas, on October 8, 1821 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on November 14, 1802.
Children of Margaretha Elizabeth Brits and Adam Adriaan van Niekerk:
- Roedolph Johannes van Niekerk (1824–)
Ancestors of Hester Engela van der Heiden
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Generation 1
